Usage

When storing a raster dataset in a geodatabase, no file extension should be added to the name of the raster dataset. When storing the raster dataset in a file format, you need to specify the file extension:

.bil for ESRI BIL

.bip for ESRI BIP

.bmp for BMP

.bsq for ESRI BSQ

.dat for ENVI DAT

.gif for GIF

.img for ERDAS IMAGINE

.jpg for JPEG

.jp2 for JPEG 2000

.png for PNG

.tif for TIFF

no extension for GRID

The output of this tool is always a raster dataset, even if the raster datasets are being loaded into a raster catalog. This tool will accept a mosaic dataset as the input, but the output will still be a raster dataset—the contents of the mosaic dataset will be mosaicked to create a raster dataset.

This tool can be used to load raster datasets into a raster catalog. If you want to load raster datasets into a raster catalog, you will need to type out the full path of the raster catalog as the output location or drag the raster catalog into the output text box.

For file-based rasters and personal geodatabase rasters, the Ignore Background Value must be set to the same value as NoData in order for the background value to be ignored. File geodatabase rasters and ArcSDE rasters will simply work without this extra step.

When storing your raster dataset to a JPEG file, a JPEG 2000 file, or a geodatabase, you can specify a Compression type and Compression Quality within the Environment Settings.

The GIF format only supports single-band raster datasets.

The pixel type parameter determines the bit depth of the output raster dataset. There is rescaling of the raster values when a different pixel type is chosen. If the pixel type is demoted (lowered), the raster values outside the valid range for that pixel depth will be truncated and lost. To learn about the bit depth capacity for supported export formats, see Technical specifications for raster dataset formats

When storing the raster dataset in a file format, you need to specify the file extension:

.bil—ESRI BIL

.bip—ESRI BIP

.bmp—BMP

.bsq—ESRI BSQ

.dat—ENVI DAT

.gif—GIF

.img—ERDAS IMAGINE file

.jpg—JPEG

.jp2—JPEG 2000

.png—PNG

.tif—TIFF

no extension—ESRI GRID

When storing a raster dataset in a geodatabase, no file extension should be added to the name of the raster dataset.

When storing your raster dataset to a JPEG file, a JPEG 2000 file, a TIFF file, or a geodatabase, you can specify a compression type and compression quality.

Raster Dataset ; Raster Catalog

config_keyword

(Optional)

Specifies the storage parameters (configuration) for a file geodatabase and an ArcSDE geodatabase. Personal geodatabases do not use configuration keywords.

ArcSDE configuration keywords are set up by your database administrator.

String

background_value

(Optional)

Use this option to remove the unwanted values created around the raster data. The value specified will be distinguished from other valuable data in the raster dataset. For example, a value of zero along the raster dataset's borders will be distinguished from zero values within the raster dataset.

The pixel value specified will be set to NoData in the output raster dataset.

For file-based rasters and personal geodatabase rasters, the Ignore Background Value must be set to the same value as NoData in order for the background value to be ignored. ArcSDE and file geodatabase rasters will work without this extra step.

Double

nodata_value

(Optional)

All the pixels with the specified value will be set to NoData in the output raster dataset.

Double

onebit_to_eightbit

(Optional)

Choose whether the input 1-bit raster dataset will be converted to an 8-bit raster dataset. In this conversion the value 1 in the input raster dataset will be changed to 255 in the output raster dataset. This is useful when importing a 1-bit raster dataset to ArcSDE. One-bit raster dataset have 8-bit pyramid layers when stored in a file system, but in ArcSDE, 1-bit raster datasets can only have 1-bit pyramid layers, which makes the display unpleasant. By converting the data to 8-bit in ArcSDE, the pyramid layers are built as 8-bit instead of 1-bit, resulting in a proper raster dataset in the display.

NONE —No conversion will be done. This is the default.

OneBitTo8Bit —The input raster will be converted.

Boolean

colormap_to_RGB

(Optional)

If the input raster dataset has a colormap, the output raster dataset can be converted to a three-band output raster dataset. This is useful when mosaicking rasters with different colormaps.

NONE —No conversion will occur. This is the default.

ColormapToRGB —The input dataset will be converted.

Boolean

pixel_type

(Optional)

Determines the bit depth of the output raster dataset. If left unspecified, the output bit depth will be the same as the input.

There will be no rescaling of the raster values when a different pixel type is chosen. If the pixel type is demoted (lowered), the raster values outside the valid range for that pixel depth will be truncated and lost.

1_BIT —A 1-bit unsigned integer. The values can be 0 or 1.

2_BIT —A 2-bit unsigned integer. The values supported can be from 0 to 3.

4_BIT —A 4-bit unsigned integer. The values supported can be from 0 to 15.

8_BIT_UNSIGNED —An unsigned 8-bit data type. The values supported can be from 0 to 255.

8_BIT_SIGNED —A signed 8-bit data type. The values supported can be from -128 to 127.